I live in Washington, D.C., where I first came to work as a writer and producer for The Atlantic in 2010. Now I cover transportation for local news site TBD at its On Foot blog.
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Why?
Asked about the business case for such a radical switch in journalistic priorities, the editorial chiefs said the chairman and majority owner David Thomson wants Pulitzers, and this is the only way Thomson Reuters can get them. He is a very rich man – the world’s 17th wealthiest billionaire according to the most recent Forbes magazine reckoning – and that is what he wants, chief correspondents were told.
That last line seems a little significant—”International assignment packages, of which there are about 300, will be eliminated.”
Is this necessary? Just keep giving us reliable news, there’s more than enough editorializing going on elsewhere.
That last line seems a little significant—”International assignment packages, of which there are about 300, will be...
Adrenaline journalism vs. aspiration journalism.
You have to appreciate how up front they are about it.